Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been slammed by TV viewers as being "patronising" in a TV appearance where he cooked what he claimed were "cheap" meals. But those watching The One Show on Thursday evening were quick to point out that the meals weren't as frugal as they were made out to be.
Jamie was cooking on the show to promote his new book, called 'One', which he says features 'simple one-pan wonders'. He claimed the meals cost £1.45 per portion to make.
Cooking a sausage and minestrone soup, he used Cumberland sausage, red wine, parmesan cheese, garlic, fennel seeds and fresh lasagne sheets, reports BirminghamLive.
Jamie told viewers: "In this book I've used supermarket ingredients... never more than eight ingredients and for now when people are talking about cost of living and stuff like that, most of the recipes are in pans on hobs. So a hob is about four times cheaper than an oven."
He added: "10 minutes of cooking that's about 10p, actually slightly less, in energy. And this dish with no tweaks is £1.45 per portion."
Viewers slammed the "millionaire" chef on Twitter as they claimed the dish would actually be far more expensive to cook. @iainm68 said: "£1.45 a portion? Do u know how much parmesan cheese is!! #TheOneShow"
@claretrickett wrote: "Nothing like a millionaire Jamie Oliver teaching us how to cook for a pound #TheOneShow." Calling him "patronising" alongside some choice language, @FlopsyPickle added: "So he’s trying to flog a book by using the cost of living crisis, telling us we need the book because most of the recipes are hob-based and therefore cheaper to cook. Without realising no one is going to want to spend money on a bloody recipe book #TheOneShow."
@KeithMcCormac17 said: "Millionaire chef patronising the [expletive] out of us." @ufoparts echoed: "don’t really think [sic] the public wants to hear the rich {expletive} Jamie Oliver educating on how to make meals on a budget. Can you buy a ‘portion’ of an ingredient, Jamie? no #TheOneShow."
@dcm_illness added: "Book costs £20 to show you how to make a £1 dinner. What's the point eh when you're in a food bank eh? Fresh veg and fruit non existent. Now red wine? Jamie I ain't got red pop!! #TheOneShow."
